Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google June 2026 Spam Update Hits Hard, Google Ads Strength Match Labels, AI Reporting Access & More
This week, Google released the June 2026 spam update, Google said it was a normal spam update but it does feel like this one started a bit earlier and was a big one. Yes, we covered on Sunday what we thought…
New: Google Ads Maximize Conversion Value Bidding For Standard Shopping
Google Ads seems to be rolling out Maximize Conversion Value bidding within Standard Shopping campaigns. You might see under the Budget and bidding optimization setting for your Standard Shopping campaigns, the bid option for “Maximize conversion val…
Google Merchant Center For Agencies New Security Controls
Google announced new security controls for Merchant Center for Agencies, specifically around user access controls for admins and standard roles. Ginny Marvin, the Google Ads Liaison, said that these changes are “to help streamline workflows and improv…
Google Ads API To Disallow Creation Of Smart Campaigns After August 3
The Google Ads API will stop allowing advertisers to create Smart Campaigns on August 3, 2026. Google has been transitioning from Smart Campaigns to Performance Max campaigns for years now.
Google Business Profiles Adds Message Button With AI Agent
Google has added the messages button back to the Google Business Profile dashboard within Google Search. Google use to have a feature like this but I believe removed it but now it is possibly coming back.
Google Ads Hosted Forms Leads Form Now Live
Earlier this month, we covered Google’s announcement of the Google-hosted lead form. Well, now it is going live for some advertisers in their Google Ads advertiser accounts.
Daily Search Forum Recap: June 25, 2026
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Google released the Google June 2026 spam update yesterday afternoon…
Google’s Deep Dive On Google Search Generative AI Controls
Earlier this month, Google announced new ways to control how Google’s general search AI features (like AI Mode and AI Overviews) can use your content and link to your content. Well, Google has released a super detailed help document explaining how it a…
Google AI Overviews Tests Button To Go To Only Web Results
Google is testing a button in the AI Overview within Google Search that takes you to the web only tab. As a reminder, the web only tab does not have any AI search features or other search verticles, it only has the web search results.
Google Ads API Version 24.2 Now Available
Google has released version 24.2 of the Google Ads API, this is a minor release with dozens of updates. This update includes “critical security updates, new AI transparency features, reporting enhancements, and powerful planning insights,” Google annou…
Google: When AI Performance Reports Count Impressions
Google’s John Mueller explained when Google will count an impression for a web page within the generative AI features in Google Search. In short, there needs to be a link to your site being shown in AI Overviews / AI Mode for it to show as an impressi…
Google AI Mode Ask Anything Box With Autocomplete
Google is testing autocomplete within the Ask Anything follow-up box within Google Search’s AI Mode. So when you start to type a follow-up question, Google will suggest autocomplete suggestions.
Google Search Console Page Indexing Report Delayed By Two Weeks Again
The page indexing report within Google Search Console is now two weeks delayed. It is stuck at June 11, 2026, for me, and has not been updated in 14 days. Google has been reporting issues with Search Console often enough, so this is not unusual, but …
Google June 2026 Spam Update Has Been Released
Google has just announced the release of the June 2026 spam update and said it should only take a few days to roll out. Truth is, we kind of saw this coming, although Google would say no, we did not.
Google Ads Will Soon Allow Some Final URLs To Redirect To A Different Domain
Google is updating its Google Ads Destination Mismatch policy in early July 2026 to allow the final URL to redirect to a different domain in some cases, with prior approval from Google. This was previously not allowed, as ads generally should take you …
Google Local Services Ads Broad Search Details Added To Help Doc
Google added a lot more detail to a Google help document on using broad search for Local Services Ads. Google added a section on the setting, how to disable broad search, how to view leads from broad search, some nuances and how to target multiple vert…
Google Merchant Center: How To Remove Found By Google Products
Google published new ways to remove and prevent Google Merchant Center from showing products “Found by Google” in your product feed. This is when Google finds products on your site by crawling your site, not through your feed.
Google Ads: Unique Search Categories With Clicks, Conversions & Impressions
Google Ads is rolling out new data columns that show unique search categories with clicks, conversions and impressions. This is different from just the clicks column, which is also available in this report.
Google Ads Shop Diagnostics: Shop Sales Eligibility
Google Ads is rolling out a new section under the Conversions section labeled “Shop diagnostics.” It says, “This report helps diagnose shop sales reporting and optimization eligibility.”
Google AdSense Multiplex Ads Changes Ad Request Reporting
Google is making a change to how it reports on the Multiplex ads units, where starting on June 23, 2026 where Google will report every ad in the grid as its own ad request. Previously, ads in a Multiplex ad unit are counted as one ad request with multi…